The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's ...

Sgt. Joe Harris, who was believed to have been the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper prior to his death last month at ...

Sgt. Joe Harris, who was believed to have been the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper prior to his death last month at ...

The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's ...

Harris, who died March 15, was honored Saturday at Lewis Metropolitan CME Church before his burial in Inglewood.

Sgt. Joe Harris lived a beautiful life. He sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of the U.S. Army's first all-Black paratrooper battalion during World War II, the 555th, aptly nicknamed ...